Children during tree-planting in Narasha Forest, Baringo County, on December 13, 2024. [File, Standard] Every year on my birthday, I…
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In early September, a riot of colour spilled through downtown Nairobi. Children, cyclists, artists and policy wonks marched to Uhuru…
Gen Z protest aftermath destruction in Nairobi CBD on June 26, 2025 [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Several victims’ families, human rights defenders, netizens…
Ethiopia official inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.[Courtesy] This past week heads of state from the region gathered in…
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).[Courtesy] Attention has quickly turned to Ethiopia – Africa’s second-most populous nation – following the inauguration of…
Caption One of the most significant developments in governmental process has been the recent directive to shift from manual to…
President William Ruto Initiatives such as the Affordable Housing Programme, labour mobility abroad, digital hubs, and ClimateWorx are creating jobs for a…
Companies should avoid mixing operational funds, shareholder contributions, and loans in a way that makes it difficult to trace their…
Phones Ajayo, a teacher and Director at Phonestar Academy at Bidii Center in Kitale with pupils during break time on…
Youths during Gen Z protests in Naivasha. [File, Standard] It is exactly three years since President William Ruto narrowly won…
A section of Mandera town. Since independence, only Mandera Township has been classified, planned, and surveyed as urban, but the…
Members of the Somali National Army during a previous training. [Courtesy, UNSOS] Regional leaders head to the United Nations General…
Africa leaders need to grow a pair of cojones and either drop this ambitious climate change talk or tell a…
Grade two pupils from Nyamachaki Primary School in Nyeri ,during a play game session. [Kibata Kihu/Standard] I have been a…
Public universities have been in the news of late over financial difficulties. One of them is Moi University. From an…
President William Ruto (fourth right) and leaders from development finance institutions and commercial banks after signing a cooperation agreement…
When security agencies destroyed brooms of bhang and other substances impounded during a raid at Luanda Market in Vihiga County. [File, Standard] The recent…
High level meeting between the Council of Governors and the Ministry of Health to deliberate on key issues in the…
National Lands Commission CEO Arero Tache, Director Lands Administration Dr Samwel Nthun in consultation with CECM Lands, Physical Planning…
President William Ruto and former Cabinet minister Dalmas Otieno in Homa Bay town, in October 2022. [File, Standard] He smiled.…
Burkina Faso leader Captain Ibrahim Traore. [AFP] Over the years, the African continent has had a brave few leaders come…
Kenya Airways takes off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Following recently unveiled half-year financial results for…
President William Ruto and former Cabinet minister Dalmas Otieno in Homa Bay town, in October 2022. [File, Standard] He smiled.…
President Xi Jinping. [Xinhua] On September 1, President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the “Shanghai Cooperation…
General Manager Novozymes Kenya Regina Karani, Angel Wanjiru- a form-one student at Starehe Girls’ Centre and the School’s Director…
Residents of Loruk wade through the submerged Marigat–Loruk road, after Lake Baringo’s rising waters flooded the key route, on September…
LSK President Faith Odhiambo and Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Houghton Irungu were appointed members of the Panel of experts…
National Treasury CS John Mbadi (centre), Director of Public Procurement Eric Korir (right) and Deputy Elijah Nyamamba address the media…
A hand signing an agreement form. [Courtesy/GettyImages] The quickest way to know whether an education agent is a legitimate partner…
Female Police officers during the Budget reading of 2020/21 at the Parliament buildings, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] If policing in…
A traffic officer controls vehicles on Kenyatta Avenue during drainage works. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The other day, I decided to…
LSK President Faith Odhiambo takes Oath of Office as the vice Chairperson of the Panel of Experts on Compensation of…
A hawker at work at Keumbu in Kisii county on June 15, 2015. [File, Standard] On the southern edge of…
By the time this year’s KCSE candidate clicks “submit” on their course choices, they will have waded through a louder…
Africa is in a race against time to raise its sustainability reporting standards to align with international Environmental, Social, and…
Harambee Starlets players celebrate scoring in a past match. [File] The men’s national football team Harambee Stars received massive support…
In the heart of our 2010 Constitution lies a radical promise: “All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya.”…
When President William Ruto launched an affordable housing project in Kisumu County. [PCS] This past week I have been travelling…
In its own unique way, history provides rare moments to a few individuals to rewrite it in a fundamental way…
A group of artists rehearse in a makeshift theatre at Lake View Estate in Nakuru, keeping the spirit of performance alive. Despite…
Sudanese poet and literary scholar Taban lo Liyong is one of the earliest and most virulent African critics of the…
Not long ago, my friend David Maillu invited me to his Mathemboni residence. I was excited to visit what I…
LSK President Faith Odhiambo takes Oath of Office as the vice Chairperson of the Panel of Experts on Compensation of…
A health worker during a nationwide vaccination campaign to administer the Measles-Rubella and Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine to children aged 9…
When Parliament attempts to step into the pulpit, democracy itself is imperilled. The Computer Misuse and Cybercrime (Amendment) Bill, 2024,…
KRA Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga and Eastleigh Business District Association Ahmed Abdullahi during a meeting to bolster tax outreach and…
Mbariki ECDE centre in Nyanduma in Lari ward.[FILE/Standard] Let’s say it as it is: teachers don’t go to school. They…
Land was at the centre of reform when Kenya adopted the 2010 Constitution. Title deeds, long elusive and contested, were…
President William Ruto during a meeting with Kiambu county grassroots leaders at State House, Nairobi, on August 27, 2025. [PCS]…
Journalists covering a past event. [File, Standard] Nothing beats the power of a media ecosystem built on the foundation of…
Family members of the late hawker Boniface Kariuki, who was shot by police during protests in Nairobi, demand justice during…
A parent shopping for books at Savanis Book Centre on April 28, 2025 as schools resume class for Second Term Learning. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] Walk into…
Jabstir school class 4 and 5 pupils match along Kakamega streets on their way to Lurambi to create awareness on environmental…
Africa is blessed with vast potential. From the bustling Lagos, flourishing Dakar, vibrant Nairobi, thriving Cairo to the roaring Johannesburg,…
President Kibaki swear in during the Promulgation of the new constitution at Uhuru Park yesterday 27/08/10.[FILE/Standard] Last week marked the 15th anniversary…
President William Ruto is being recieved by Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa at Kakamega Airstrip. The head of state is expected to officially…
On August 30, 2025, the world witnessed a shocking development in Sudan’s civil conflict. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as…
Celebride -B-club- Lamborghini. [File, Standard] The luxury sports car, Lamborghini, is among the expensive and perhaps the classical of its kind…
Workers operate sewing machines to stitch pieces of fabric together to make jeans inside the United Aryan textile factory at…
Kebabe D.E.B Comprehensive Primary school in Ekerenyo, Nyamira County displays the copies of Standard Newspaper during the launch of Newspaper…
A year ago, I arrived in Nairobi to begin my role as the World Bank Country Director for Kenya, East…
Interior PS Raymond Omollo during the launch of public benefit organization (PBO) regulations 2025 in Nairobi on June 5, 2025.…
CaptionIncome tax return deduction refund concept. [Courtesy/rawpixel.com] Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the heartbeat of Kenya’s economy. Their…
Pupils in class during a lesson. [File, Standard] It’s been “back to school” preoccupation since last week, but back to…
Kericho Governor Eric Mutai arrives at Parliament Building, Nairobi, during day two of the impeachment hearing, on August 28, 2025.…
President William Ruto interacts with construction workers during inspection of the 4,566-unit Shauri Moyo B affordable housing project in Kamukunji…
Parliament has failed to pass the gender rule. [File, Standard] In Kenya’s political arena, women are rarely seen as leaders…
Harambee Stars players during the CHAN 2024 tournament at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] A Kenyan proverb says that…
Raila Odinga’s journey from an underdog in the 1997 elections to a clear favourite in 2007, and a formidable force…
Medical Services PS Ouma Oluga and Social Health Authority CEO Mercy Mwangangi address a press conference in Nairobi, on June…
Youth during Gen Z protests in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Something extraordinary has just happened in Kenya. A list detailing payments…
Dr.Mercy Mwangangi,CEO Social Health Authority(SHA),on 3rd June 2025,She officially assume office after her appointment in April. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard] The shocking…
From Left Presidents Kibaki,Yoweri Museveni (Uganda),Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir after the Promulgation of the new constitution at…
Mwa Kibaki signs new constitution 2010.[Courtesy] Was the 2010 Constitution of Kenya intended to be a meaningless absurdity? This is…
When PhD-holding leaders act like typical politicians, the value of intellectualism in Kenyan politics is questioned. Their intellect has turned…
An electric vehicle at a charging station in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] For decades, the direction of global industry has…
The late former President Mwai Kibaki displays the new Kenyan constitution to the nation after he promulgated and signed it into law…
President William Ruto ,opposition Leader Raila Odinga flanked by several leaders from political parties after the signing of IEBC bill…
Kenya has long been a refuge for refugees and asylum seekers fleeing conflict and persecution. It has hosted these displaced…
Christine Naiputa from Action Aid reading the newspaper with students during the NIE launch. [Collins Oduor/Standard] When faced with loss, people always…
Potential is a powerful word. It speaks of promise, of possibility, of the greatness that could be. But potential,…
A group of artists rehearse in a makeshift theatre at Lake View Estate in Nakuru, keeping the spirit of performance…
A group of youthful legislators under the banner Kenya Moja, led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna (centre) flanked by Bomachoge…
There is a whole mystical world in the minds of children that gradually gets lost as we age. Or at…
The proclamation of a Katiba Day to allow the nation reflect on the promulgation of the Constitution is another surprise…
Kenya’s 2010 Constitution marked its 15th birthday this week, complete with a presidential proclamation that recognised the 27th of August as…
Former President Mwai Kibaki signs the new constitution into law at a public function witnessed by the nation at Uhuru…
Youths during Saba Saba protests in Kitengela, on July 7, 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard] Who will tell the guards guarding…
Former President Mwai Kibaki signs the new constitution into law at a public function witnessed by the nation at Uhuru…
President William Ruto during first anniversary celebrations of Hustler Fund in Nairobi. [ELLY OKWARE/PCS] The recent report by the Kenya…
Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025.…
George Obell, Acting Commissioner for Micro and Small Taxpayers at Kenya Revenue Authority. [Courtesy] In the past decade, the global…
Have you ever heard someone say, “That’s a boy’s job” or “That’s a girl’s chore”? Maybe you’ve felt like you…
A pupil is being helped by his teacher to solve a mathematical problem on the board. [Courtesy] Learning disorders are…
Voters queue to cast their ballot at Kondele roundabout in Kisumu during the 2022 General Elections. (File, Standard) Kenya’s democracy…
A father talking to his daughter. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Taboo topics in African families exist. However, it’s time we understand that not…
Girls in Loreng village in Letea Ward, Turkana West celebrating after receiving sanitary towels from Plan International Kenya during World…
A senior citizen goes through a leaflet given by CIC during the launch of annual assessment of the constitution at…
President Mwai Kibaki signs the new constitution into law at a public function witnessed by the nation at Uhuru Park,…
The new Asian Quarters main stage in Nyeri, on April 27, 2023. [File, Standard] Nyeri town’s Asian Quarters Bus Terminus,…